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senator udall's a social issues warrior. he wants to talk about nothing else. it's something that they campaigned on four years ago when michael bennett was running in colorado. it won then. they did it again in 2012 and so they think that same playbook will win again in 2014. >> he's saying that i'm a social issues warrior. in fact he is, i'm an economic issues warrior. you talk to women, this is about economics, it's also about respect and colorado's fiercely independent. we're libertarians. and we respect our freedoms. and we think government, above all, should not be involved in these really private decisions. >> ifill: but the critical election day question may be: which women are they speaking to? are they speaking to women like cathy alderman, who's been campaigning against an anti abortion ballot initiative? >> they can vote for somebody who supports women and supports women's ability to access the healthcare services they need, versus somebody who has spent an entire political career trying to limit that access. >> ifill: or are they appealing to women
senator udall's a social issues warrior. he wants to talk about nothing else. it's something that they campaigned on four years ago when michael bennett was running in colorado. it won then. they did it again in 2012 and so they think that same playbook will win again in 2014. >> he's saying that i'm a social issues warrior. in fact he is, i'm an economic issues warrior. you talk to women, this is about economics, it's also about respect and colorado's fiercely independent. we're...
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we have begich, udall in colorado, and this to me helps define the national scene. these folks who have strong family ties to a state, they're all democrats, are bucking this national, i don't know if it's a wave, a high tide, a summer shower, whatever it is, of anti-obama sentiment. i think we'll be looking all night whether they can hang on because of their ties to the state. >> is it because they're voting on different issues than a federal level in state race. >> yes. i see what you're getting on. what we may see is a tie nationally that all favors the republicans in terms of the net gains. i think very few incumbent republican senators or house members are in danger. pat roberts may be the only one, but at the state level, the discontent that is driving this whole campaign, the deceptive nature of the american electorate, more than two-thirds think we're on the wrong track, is being played out with incumbents on both parties. you have something like ten governor, republicans and democrats, who are facing very tough reelection. that's because at the state level,
we have begich, udall in colorado, and this to me helps define the national scene. these folks who have strong family ties to a state, they're all democrats, are bucking this national, i don't know if it's a wave, a high tide, a summer shower, whatever it is, of anti-obama sentiment. i think we'll be looking all night whether they can hang on because of their ties to the state. >> is it because they're voting on different issues than a federal level in state race. >> yes. i see what...
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. >> lehrer: we talk to senators mark udall and saxby chambliss about the u.s. pakistan relationship. >> ifill: and judy woodruff explores the impact of bin laden's death on americans, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every penny and more went into bringing energy to the world. >> the economy is tough right now, everywhere. >> we pumped $21 million into local economies, into small businesses, communities, equipment, materials. >> that money could make a big difference to a lot of people. >> moving the economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. pacific life-- the power to help you succeed. intel, sponsors of tomorrow. and the william and flora hewlett foundation, working to solve social and environmental problems at home and around the world. and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... th
. >> lehrer: we talk to senators mark udall and saxby chambliss about the u.s. pakistan relationship. >> ifill: and judy woodruff explores the impact of bin laden's death on americans, nearly a decade after the 9/11 attacks. >> lehrer: that's all ahead on tonight's newshour. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: >> oil companies have changed my make huge profits. >> last year, chevron made a lot of money. >> where does it go? >> every...
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something senator tom udall has worked on since he was elected to congress in 1998. this year, on the anniversary of the trinity test, he again urged his colleagues to make amends to the people of his state. >> they deserve justice. they deserve compensation. and they are still waiting. 70 years later. still waiting. >> reporter: people in tularosa aren't counting on getting a check from the government any time soon. >> there's not enough money in this whole wide world to compensate the people in tularosa, we could fill a lake with the tears and the prayers. >> reporter: at the white sands missile range, an obelisk marks the spot where the bomb stood. the ranch house where it was assembled is two miles away. tiny pieces of green glass litter the ground, melted sand that's still slightly radioactive. the national cancer institute is embarking on an assessment of what people ate and how they
something senator tom udall has worked on since he was elected to congress in 1998. this year, on the anniversary of the trinity test, he again urged his colleagues to make amends to the people of his state. >> they deserve justice. they deserve compensation. and they are still waiting. 70 years later. still waiting. >> reporter: people in tularosa aren't counting on getting a check from the government any time soon. >> there's not enough money in this whole wide world to...
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senator udall, what is wrong with filibusters now that needs to be fixed? >> well, jim, i think the first place to start is what's wrong with the senate. and what worries me the most is last year we didn't do a budget. we didn't do a single appropriations bill. we did only one authorization so we're not doing the oversight of the agencies themselves. 400 bills were sent over from the house of representatives on many important subjects. we didn't deal with them at all. and all of that was the result, i believe, of kind of a constant filibuster. >> lehrer: do you agree with that? >> no, i don't agree with that, jim. here's what happens. senator reed, the majority leader, brings up the health care law. i go down and say i'd like to amend it. more than the last six majority leaders put together he says no, lamar, you can't. i object. he calls that a filibuster. i call that keeping me from doing what i was elected to do which is to amend and debate and to try to achieve a consensus on important issues facing our country. so the party of no are the democrats who
senator udall, what is wrong with filibusters now that needs to be fixed? >> well, jim, i think the first place to start is what's wrong with the senate. and what worries me the most is last year we didn't do a budget. we didn't do a single appropriations bill. we did only one authorization so we're not doing the oversight of the agencies themselves. 400 bills were sent over from the house of representatives on many important subjects. we didn't deal with them at all. and all of that was...
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i applaud what mark udall has done and ron widen. they made clear they disagreed with some some aspects of this. they pursued their disagreement inside the system. and i think ultimately they would have caused the debate that we should be having. i'm sorry. i think americans want our country protected. i don't think it's a choice between security and liberty. i don't think it's a zero sum gain. it's a positive sum gain. you get more of both or less of both. we created a private civil lib liberties commission when we reorganized the intelligence community in 2004. you're rolling your eyes. the senate finally confirmed the person. that commission... >> ifill: we're not going to resolve this tonight unfortunately. jane harman, james sanford, thank you both very much. we'll talk about it some more. >> my pleasure. >> woodruff: now, we kick off a week-long series on food and how climate change is impacting what we produce and how we eat. tonight, special correspondent sam eaton reports on new efforts to preserve forests while keeping up t
i applaud what mark udall has done and ron widen. they made clear they disagreed with some some aspects of this. they pursued their disagreement inside the system. and i think ultimately they would have caused the debate that we should be having. i'm sorry. i think americans want our country protected. i don't think it's a choice between security and liberty. i don't think it's a zero sum gain. it's a positive sum gain. you get more of both or less of both. we created a private civil lib...
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but they decided at the suggestion of senator come udall, democrat, to... mark udall. tom is the guy who is working to fix the filibusters and mark udall his cousin is the man who suggested this... that everybody sit with another member of his or her party. there is secretary sebelius. secretary donovan. helping me all evening are shields and gerson that's sind i caned columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. there we just saw the supreme court. a quick shot of the supreme court. i haven't had a chance to count them. have either of you, michael or mark, there are supposed to be six present. ahead of time they said there would be six. the three who are not here are justice alito, justice scalia and justice thomas. but i see justice roberts, chief justice roberts is here. everybody who was watching the last time. it wasn't at the state of the union. it was at the joint session of congress where president obama addressed a joint session of congress for health care reform. he made a comment, the president did, about the supreme court decision
but they decided at the suggestion of senator come udall, democrat, to... mark udall. tom is the guy who is working to fix the filibusters and mark udall his cousin is the man who suggested this... that everybody sit with another member of his or her party. there is secretary sebelius. secretary donovan. helping me all evening are shields and gerson that's sind i caned columnist mark shields and "washington post" columnist michael gerson. there we just saw the supreme court. a quick...
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tom udall is a democrat from new mexico. senator welcome. do these amendments from senators corker and hoeven get the senate where it needs to be? are the elements now in place fair vote next week. >> as you heard, one of the key parts is really border security. it's one of three, and this increases border security, invests more in it, in technology, and does everything you can to try and stop people from coming across. now, one of the other keys here, obviously, is many people don't cross through the border. they come in on a veez, and when it expires they stay. that's why the exit/entry system is important but the three central things i think we've been focusing on are, number 1, border security; number 2, finding a pathway of earned citizenship for the 11 million people that are here; and the third is really dealing with employers, dealing with the situation where employers in the past have been hiring people they shouldn't be hiring. we're going to have a system in place that will check it out, and they will be able to call over internet
tom udall is a democrat from new mexico. senator welcome. do these amendments from senators corker and hoeven get the senate where it needs to be? are the elements now in place fair vote next week. >> as you heard, one of the key parts is really border security. it's one of three, and this increases border security, invests more in it, in technology, and does everything you can to try and stop people from coming across. now, one of the other keys here, obviously, is many people don't...
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he left udall. -- he loved udall. so many of these politicians who are ambitious. judy: what was it like to debate him or sit next tofere views on friday nights? >> we started with very different views. in a 2002 clip debating the iraq war, what a punk i was. he improved me, as i said. it was fun. he was prepared evy time. he had those blue pages. he was taking notes. here is us at our most sober. he came to play everything will time. he had the depth of background knowledge of american history, of political history. he brought it to bear. it was not a debate, it was a discussion. we were trying to figure out the world. as donald trump came along we scarcely disagreed at all to be honest. judy where would he dig into that well and find any optimism? what do you think you would be saying to us about trying to see the light out of this dark period? >> god gave him a golden heart. he never got cross with me. he used to -- i don't member -- remember, he came to my kids bar mitzvah, he sat down on the floor eating crosslegged on the floor. he believed in america, believ
he left udall. -- he loved udall. so many of these politicians who are ambitious. judy: what was it like to debate him or sit next tofere views on friday nights? >> we started with very different views. in a 2002 clip debating the iraq war, what a punk i was. he improved me, as i said. it was fun. he was prepared evy time. he had those blue pages. he was taking notes. here is us at our most sober. he came to play everything will time. he had the depth of background knowledge of american...
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it punishes politicians who get too far in one direction a lot of times and i think senator udall is probably feeling pretty proud of himself today for how much attention that moved got and how talked about it is. i feel like i'm hearing more about people where people sat during the state of the union than what was said during the state of the union. and our delegation certainly sat together and have been very happy to talk about having that hour together on the floor. >> ifill: let's talk about some of the things that were said during the state of the union, megan. there was a lot of talk, for instance, about education and your other senator actually, because he used to be the superintendent of schools in denver has been very involved with this as well. were people talking about this that? was there interest in what the president had to say on that subject? >> absolutely. i mean, first there was a lot of pride that one of denver's real turnaround schools, bruce randolph, got a direct mention in the speech and it's no accident that senator michael bennett was superintendent of the sc
it punishes politicians who get too far in one direction a lot of times and i think senator udall is probably feeling pretty proud of himself today for how much attention that moved got and how talked about it is. i feel like i'm hearing more about people where people sat during the state of the union than what was said during the state of the union. and our delegation certainly sat together and have been very happy to talk about having that hour together on the floor. >> ifill: let's...
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>> well, it was a bipartisan watch party put on by somebody who's a supporter of mark udall, actually. he went from bipartisan seating to bipartisan watch parties, which i thought was interesting. and what i heard from people affiliated with both parties was a real wariness. they all said "we know this president is a good speaker, we expect to hear a real good speech. but we're going to wait and see what comes of it." even afterwards, the democrats who watched it were excited, they were sort of talking over some of the ideas, but there was this underlying skepticism of a million electric cars? can that really happen? high-speed rail? 80% of the population? is that really getting here? and you just heard this real wariness, even among people who support the president, of talks fine, gave a good speech, we're going to wait and see what you do with it. and for the republicans watching i think there was an even stronger level of skepticism. yeah, sounded good. >> ifill: did they watch it together? >> they actually didn't. the party ended up segregating itself. the democrats were down in t
>> well, it was a bipartisan watch party put on by somebody who's a supporter of mark udall, actually. he went from bipartisan seating to bipartisan watch parties, which i thought was interesting. and what i heard from people affiliated with both parties was a real wariness. they all said "we know this president is a good speaker, we expect to hear a real good speech. but we're going to wait and see what comes of it." even afterwards, the democrats who watched it were excited,...
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the idea offered by senator mark udall a colorado democrat has proposed dozens of pairings including senators john thune of south dakota and kirsten gillibrand of new york and in the house majority whip kevin mccarthy of california and his democratic counterpart steny hoyer of maryland. udall said he hopes the gesture would prove to the american people that their elected officials can work together. >> i'm an old mountaineer. i think the aisle that divides us has become as high as a mountain. and it's time to climb that mountain and look out upon america altogether. >> reporter: the idea to jettison the traditional seating arrangements gained momentum in the aftermath of the tucson shootings. on capitol hill today, black-and-white ribbons were being handed out to members of the house and senate in remembrance of the victims. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: among first lady michelle obama's guests tonight will be the parents of nine-year-old christina taylor greene who was killed in the attack, daniel hernandez, the intern who came to the aid of the congress wam after she was shot,
the idea offered by senator mark udall a colorado democrat has proposed dozens of pairings including senators john thune of south dakota and kirsten gillibrand of new york and in the house majority whip kevin mccarthy of california and his democratic counterpart steny hoyer of maryland. udall said he hopes the gesture would prove to the american people that their elected officials can work together. >> i'm an old mountaineer. i think the aisle that divides us has become as high as a...
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he loved mo udall, sargent shriver. so many who were big and ambitious for what policies could do to improve the lives of the poor and unfortunate. judy: what was it like to debate him and have different views on friday nights? david: we started out with very different views. by 2022 -- 2002, cliff and me debating him on the iraq war, what a puni was. [laughter] he was prepared every time. he had those lou pages and was taking notes. here is us at our most sober. heame to play every single time and had the depth of background knowledge of american history, political history. frkly, one thing i liked, it was not a debate, it was a discussion. we were not trying to prove our party's point. we were just trying to figure out the world. when donald trump came along, we scarcely disagreed. judy: where would he dig into that well defined optimism today? what do you think he would be saying to us about trying to see the light out of this dark period? david: he loved the country. god gave him a golden heart and he never got cros
he loved mo udall, sargent shriver. so many who were big and ambitious for what policies could do to improve the lives of the poor and unfortunate. judy: what was it like to debate him and have different views on friday nights? david: we started out with very different views. by 2022 -- 2002, cliff and me debating him on the iraq war, what a puni was. [laughter] he was prepared every time. he had those lou pages and was taking notes. here is us at our most sober. heame to play every single time...
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i>> cdd one thing, mo udall, the great democratic congressman and environmentalist and party leader -- or democratic leader from arizona, a friend of john mccain as a e ung member to have the house john was in my no. he didn't really know anybody in the house of representatives. mo was the committee chair, arctic national wiefltd was his project and he befriended john and included john. john never forgot it, they forged a great friendship. mo udalle contractd parkinson's in 1980, he was forced to leave the house a decade later, and he e lingered in vages of parkinson's for eight years, the last few which he was rippled,at uncommune. i mean, that terrible disease, that terrible scourge, and on av cot inerans hospital in northeast washington, and one person, public person regularly went to visit him witht cameras, without reporters to bring with him the news of izona, to read, even though he was unresponsivebout sports, about indian-american, native american, it was john mccain. that's an incredible value. it's a wonderful tribute to him. you know, i just wanted to offer it. >> woodruff
i>> cdd one thing, mo udall, the great democratic congressman and environmentalist and party leader -- or democratic leader from arizona, a friend of john mccain as a e ung member to have the house john was in my no. he didn't really know anybody in the house of representatives. mo was the committee chair, arctic national wiefltd was his project and he befriended john and included john. john never forgot it, they forged a great friendship. mo udalle contractd parkinson's in 1980, he was...
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i mean, there were a lot of senators, western senator, mark udal, michael bennett, tom udal, new mexico, colorado, ron widen and historically john qwester in montana, tim johnson in south dakota, states that historically had not been sort of a writeoff. you didn't vote for gun control because the gun culture community was too strong there. the hunting community. so ron brown and seen the had an interesting piece that he could see this emerging as a national issue. there were 21 states where both senators voted for the manchin- toomey gun control amendment and they represented 261 electoral votes. there were 17 states where both senators vote against it. they're smaller, more rural and less popular states and to the degree that marco rubio for example, if he would be the republican nominee in 2016 he'd have trouble in the suburbs of philadelphia. he'd have trouble in winning women's votes, having been strongly against gun control. so the possibly of it being a national issue. the other mistake that was made in my judgment that nobody i think has addressed publicly is that the democrat ha
i mean, there were a lot of senators, western senator, mark udal, michael bennett, tom udal, new mexico, colorado, ron widen and historically john qwester in montana, tim johnson in south dakota, states that historically had not been sort of a writeoff. you didn't vote for gun control because the gun culture community was too strong there. the hunting community. so ron brown and seen the had an interesting piece that he could see this emerging as a national issue. there were 21 states where...
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mo udall contracted parkinson's in 198 he was forced to leave the house a decade later, ande lingered in the ravages n'of parkinfor eight years, the last few which he was rippled, uncommunicative. i mean, that terrible disease, that terrible scourge, and on a cot in a veterans hospital in northeast washington, and one person, public pern regularly went to visit him without cameras, without reporters to t bring with h news of arizona, to rea evenough he was unresponsive about sports, about indian-american, native american, it was john mccain. that's an incredible value. it's a wonderful tribute to him. you know, i juswanted to offer it. >> woodruff: so many stories like that about him, and he will be laid to res this weekend. so we turn from john mccain, david, to elections, the midte elections coming in a month, there were primaries this week. surprising results in florida, in the govere,r's rhe man who was the most progressive in the race andrew gillem, happens to be african-american, surprised everybody and won that, then the very next day or night, theepublican ron desantis made co
mo udall contracted parkinson's in 198 he was forced to leave the house a decade later, ande lingered in the ravages n'of parkinfor eight years, the last few which he was rippled, uncommunicative. i mean, that terrible disease, that terrible scourge, and on a cot in a veterans hospital in northeast washington, and one person, public pern regularly went to visit him without cameras, without reporters to t bring with h news of arizona, to rea evenough he was unresponsive about sports, about...
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and four years later, mo udall. >> mr. shields -- >> to our co-founder robin mcneill, mark embodied the goal of the program. >> jim laire and i set out to say -- say hey, talking heads are some of those valuable heads that human beings communicate. and why not make the most of it? and so mark fitted perfectly into that. >> david is wrong in this instance. >> he's challenged his conservative counterparts on the issues. >> my favorite moments in television has been friday nights with mark sheelts. david gergon was his first sparring partner. >> what do you think makes him different? >> he knows a heck a whole lot more about politics. but he had a humility that made him a great partner. judy, something else in television, it's a highly competitive field. and often you may be paired with somebody who you can't quite trust. you never know when you're going to get a knife in the back. i always knew with mark. i could totally trust him. >> there have been heated moments. >> mark and i went at it because we passionately disagree.
and four years later, mo udall. >> mr. shields -- >> to our co-founder robin mcneill, mark embodied the goal of the program. >> jim laire and i set out to say -- say hey, talking heads are some of those valuable heads that human beings communicate. and why not make the most of it? and so mark fitted perfectly into that. >> david is wrong in this instance. >> he's challenged his conservative counterparts on the issues. >> my favorite moments in television has...
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tom udall of new mexico co-sponsored the resolution ending the emergency. >> what is at issue is our oatha to suppo defend the constitution, whether any president can toss congress aside and raid critical funds at will. we have an opportunity to stand up to an unconstitutional power grab. >> desjardins:he vote today was the largest senate rej ation of a truinistration policy so far, but fell short of the 67 votes needed to override a presidential veto. and one is coming, as president trump tweeted, adding an examation point to a singl word-- "veto!" >> woodruff: and lisa joins me now, along with our white house correspondent, yamiche alcindor. "making the grade" pop-up busins school pops esplazade extravagan hello to both of you. lisa, this was apparently a this was a bruising vote.ho these senatorsere on the fence were under incredible use,sure from the white h and just minutes before the vote in the half hour before the vote, senator thom tillis of norttcarolina changed his voe, judy. there were only a few reporters oo the chamber at that point, and we all ked at each other and sai
tom udall of new mexico co-sponsored the resolution ending the emergency. >> what is at issue is our oatha to suppo defend the constitution, whether any president can toss congress aside and raid critical funds at will. we have an opportunity to stand up to an unconstitutional power grab. >> desjardins:he vote today was the largest senate rej ation of a truinistration policy so far, but fell short of the 67 votes needed to override a presidential veto. and one is coming, as...
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for senator udall or the governor to open themselves up to the accusations that they were somehow opposed to energy development and jobs in the state would have been politically quite dangerous for them. >> colorado is sitting on vast reserves of shale, they can provide huge amounts of oil and gas through an environmentally safe process called fracking. >> before it hit the ballot, the industry was spending millions of dollars to fight them. >> means jobs for colorado. the ads show down over measurers expected to total tens of millions breaking state record. >> emergency extraction in our environment and managing the balance can be difficult but is something we've always been able to do in colorado. >> last month, governor john hickenlooper announce add compromise between major environmental organizations and industry groups. the state would drop one of the lawsuits against longmont. congressman polis would drop his two ballot initiatives. the oil and gas industry would drop two pro fracking initiatives and a so-called blue ribbon commission would be crafted. >> this will put the matter i
for senator udall or the governor to open themselves up to the accusations that they were somehow opposed to energy development and jobs in the state would have been politically quite dangerous for them. >> colorado is sitting on vast reserves of shale, they can provide huge amounts of oil and gas through an environmentally safe process called fracking. >> before it hit the ballot, the industry was spending millions of dollars to fight them. >> means jobs for colorado. the ads...
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. >> reporter: in colorado, senator mark udall, son of a congressman, nephew of an interior secretary, is trailing cory gardner in the polls. >> the brand of politics divides us. it keeps us from fixing obama's failures. >> reporter: in arkansas, senator mark pryor, whose father was governor and senator, is struggling against congressman tom cotton. >> a vote for mark pryor is a vote for more of barack obama's policies. >> what a way to wake nupt morning! >> reporter: what links these campaigns is the same question: can the family ties of these incumbents help define them as local champions, rather than as allies of an unpopular president? they also point to a striking fact about american political life. to a remarkable extent, it is and always has been a family business. it's not just these endangered democratic incumbents. andrew cuomo, cruising to a second term as new york's governor, is the son of a former governor. so is california's jerry brown, heading for a comfortable re- election 56 years after his dad pat first won the job. shelley moore capito, the likely next republican s
. >> reporter: in colorado, senator mark udall, son of a congressman, nephew of an interior secretary, is trailing cory gardner in the polls. >> the brand of politics divides us. it keeps us from fixing obama's failures. >> reporter: in arkansas, senator mark pryor, whose father was governor and senator, is struggling against congressman tom cotton. >> a vote for mark pryor is a vote for more of barack obama's policies. >> what a way to wake nupt morning! >>...